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child tax credit of about 100 a week, plus child benefit of the level that Shelley indicated.
How about £45 p/w per child!!
for what? Child benefit is 100 pm for 2 children! Get your facts right.
You might want to re-read the posts and get your facts right. I am well aware of the benefit rates, I was looking at them whilst posting.
For the record, Child Benefit for 2 children is £143.87 p/m.
CHB eldest child = £20 p/w
CHB other child = £13.20 p/w
Total CHB = £33.20 p/w
(£33.20*52)/12 = £143.87 p/m
I was actually referring to Child Tax Credit which you incorrectly suggested was £100 p/w for a mother on Income Support with seven children.
As you will be able to see from the link below, the Child Tax Credit child element is £2235 per year discounting the family element, baby additions or disabled child elements.
£2235 per year = £43 per week.
hmrc.gov.uk/rates/taxcredits.htm
How do you arrive at that figure?
See above. Granted, it wasn't exact.
Really are you one of the "pigs in the trough" council employees? Having a sick day?
Or "snouts in the trough" perhaps? I'm not an MP claiming interest on my mortgage as an expense! I am paid to audit benefit claims which I do. My sick record is very good and I exceed my targets. You'll be happy to hear I prevented over £5000 worth of benefit overpayments today, which was substantially more than I was remunerated :-( So in answer to your question.... no I'm not.
Sounds like a plan. PM me if you want your HB application fast-tracked ;)
I couldn't fast-track a benefit claim, even if I so desired. It was merely a light hearted response ;-)
I only posted the figures to highlight the fact that dtaylor's example is not a worst case scenario. A claimant with similar circumstances living in Westminster would possibly be entitled to over double that amount!
